Journal-box cooler



t l (NO Model.) t a. O. MORRIS.

JOURNAL BOX COOLER.

No. 284,568. Patented Sept. 4, 1883..

UNITE 'rares PATENT FFIOR.

RORnR'r O. MORRIs, or OLNEY, ILLINOIS,

JOURNAL-Box COOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,568, datedSeptember 4, 1883.

Application filed January 22, 1883. (No model.)

ful improvements in cooling and lubricatingA axles and axle-boxes withwater while the car is in transit or standing on the track at a stationor between stations.

The obj ect of my invention is to furnish each car of a railway-trainwith sufficient water in some convenient part of said car, and held in'a proper receptacle, and means by which water held in reserve in eachcar can be discharged into either axle-box or j ournal-box of said carfor the purpose of cooling or lubricating the same. Chiefly my object istoeool the box and axle. .I attain'these objects' by means of thepeculiar construction and ar; rangement of the parts of my device, thatwill be more fully described, and pointed out'in the specication andclaims.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a sectional view of a car,showing my improvement in perspective and placed at either end ofthecar.. Fig. 2 is a detail view of my device, showing pipe and connectionswith journalbox. e Referring to the drawings, A represents a car,constructed and mounted on wheels in the usual Inanner. Vthin said car,and preferably at each end, over the trucks, are located tanks B and R,constructed of wood or metal, (preferably of metah) and of any desiredformround, square, or Octagonas may best suit the construction of thecar in which they are to be used. Preferably I construct the tanksangular in form, and of sufficient length to extend over thejournal-boxes of the axles connected to each truck. I construct saidtanks B and R in such a manner that no iiuid can escape, except throughthe pipes and passages, as hereinafter described-that is, the sides,ends, tops, and bottoms of said tanks are joined together Itightly toprevent leakage.

Nearthe top and center aperforation, c', is formed, through which wateris injected into the tanks. For this purpose, when needed, a hose, c, isattached, by screw-threads or otherwise, to the tank at perforation c,and when not in use said perforation is covered by 'a cap, formed to fitsufficiently tight to prevent leakage.

At one end of each tank B and B', near the top of the same, are attachedoverflow-pipes b and b. The purpose of said overflow-pipes is todischarge the surplus water -in the tanks when filled.

- For the purpose of preventing the water in tanks B and B from freezingduring cold Weather, a steam-pipe,a, passes through the center of saidtanks and imparts heat to the Iwater contained therein. Adischarge-pipe, t', formed with a stop-cock, e, is attached to the underface of the bottom of tanks B and `B', by means of which the tanks areemptied when desired.

At each end of the tanks, on their under faces, are attached metal tubesor pipes Z, that extend downward in line with central perforations inthe top of journal -boxes pipes are fitted with stop cocks havingturning-plugs connected by rods j' and j. Said rods are formed to extendoutward beyond the end of the car, and terminate in T- shaped handles,h, by which said rods and stop-cocks are manipulated. The purpose ofthis arrangement of my device is to permit the conductor or train-hand,by standing on the platform or step of the car whilein motion, to turnthe rods f or f, thereby turning the stop-cocks and permitting the waterto iiow through the pipes Z, k, and j into the boxes n, when hot, forthe purpose of cooling and lubricating the same.

Connected to the lower end of pipe Z is an extension-pipe, k, thatextends down into a metal pipe, j, inserted in the top of thejournal-box n.

Outside of pipes k, and secured to pipes Z and j, are flexible tubes iand t, the use and purpose of which are, rst, to prevent freezing of thedescending wat-er when using the pipes, and, secondly, by theflexibility of said tubes permitting the vertical adjustment of the carO11 the springs.

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The operation of my Vdevice is as follows: Water is let into the tanks Band B by means of the hose c, or through the perforation c', at astation or from a Water stand-pipe beside the track. Stop-cocks g and gare closed loy means of rods f and f. Vhen one or more boxes becomeheated while the cars are in motion, an y trolled bythe operator turningthe stop-cocks by means of the rods f and f.

I am aware of the patents to S. NV. Doane, No. 261,689, July 25, 1882;`A. B. Tripler, No. 118,760, September 5, 1871; and E. A. W'arren, No.163,285, May 11,1875, for axle-boxes,

` their arrangement of parl-s, and their operation, and I claim none ofthese broadly; but,

Having described my invention, what I claim as 'my invention, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is*

1., A journal-box cooler and lubricator, consisting of a tank containingwater and'located in the body of a car over the trucks, said tank havingan inlet and overflow pipe, a center discharge or l drainage pipe, aheating-pipe passing longitudinally through the interior of the same,and tWo or more self-adjusting pipes connecting said tank to journal-boXes beneath, and formed With stop-cocks adapted to besimultaneously opened or closed, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

2. The combination of the tank B, inlet-pipe c, overiloW-pipe I),heating-pipe a, dischargepipe d, having stop-cock e, pipes Z, havingstop-cocks g, and rod f, with pipes la, flexible tubes i, pipes j, andjournal'boxes, all arranged and operated substantially as'shown andspecified.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

, ROBERT C. MORRIS.

Titnessesz SAM. J. BAKER, J. C. Harmon.

